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Summary[edit]
| Description | A screenshot from the video game Nightmare Circus, showing the player character Raven on the wall of a room that is spinning around. When (and only when) the room is spinning sufficiently fast, the character is stuck to the wall via centripetal force and is therefore able to traverse the room while avoiding the pits at the bottom. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Most likely Sega, the publisher of Nightmare Circus. |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Nightmare Circus (1996) Genesis box cover art at MobyGames |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Nightmare Circus |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | This screenshot provides users with illustrative and informative details regarding typical gameplay of the video game Nightmare Circus along with details regarding elements of the game's visual play field and also assistance in interpreting critical commentary about the game. Among other things, the screenshot shows visual elements, overall style, the emphasis on detail (note the lighting), and one of the more somewhat unique elements of the game in the form of a centrifuge-like level in a platform game. In this level, the player character is able to traverse the room by moving along the wall and thus avoiding the pits at the bottom of the level. but only when the room is spinning sufficiently fast that centripetal force is holding the character to the wall. Among other places, the game's emphasis on detail and the centrifuge-like level was mentioned in the December 1995 issue of Next Generation (pages 157-158.) The graphical play field is the main point of usage for Nightmare Circus and therefore it affects how the game is used and experienced by the user. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
No freely licensed versions of the video game Nightmare Circus are known to exist, and an image which was not derived from the visual portion of the game would not be faithful and accurate for the purposes of conveying informative details, facilitating visual identification, and assisting with interpreting critical commentary about the specific game title. |
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
The video game Nightmare Circus is used primarily via an interactive visual play field and not via written words. The screenshot provides informative details about the game's style, including the emphasis on detail and such unique aspects as a centrifuge-like level in a platform game and assists with visual identification and interpreting critical commentary in a way that words alone would not. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | This screenshot is of lower resolution than the original game display and comprises a very small part of the Nightmare Circus video game. In addition, the screenshot is used only in this article which is specifically about the video game from which the screenshot was taken and the article contains only one screenshot from the game. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The screenshot is being used in this article to provide illustrative and informative details in conjunction with encyclopedic information and to assist users in interpreting critical commentary about the game. These uses are different from the original market uses of decoration and marketing the game. In addition, a single low resolution screenshot should not replace the market for higher resolution screenshots or for the Nightmare Circus video game itself. It should not be possible to generate illegitimate copies of the game from this single screenshot. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Nightmare Circus//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nightmare-Circus-game-screenshot.pngtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
  | This image is a screenshot from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots
constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. | ||
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